The territory of the Magus Alliance stretched across forty-two sectors within three vast quadrants, forming a civilization so immense that even its internal borders felt like distant frontiers. Worlds were linked by a lattice of teleportation gates and long-distance void routes, each one critical to maintaining cohesion across such a staggering scale. Even so, distance remained a defining factor.
In the Alpha Quadrant, Sector Thirteen sat near the outer edge of the Alliance's domain, far removed from the central worlds and even farther from the war that had been raging along the distant frontlines. That war—spoken of in reports and rumors—felt abstract to most people here, softened by time delays and the sheer scale of space.
